Foot-pedal.



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ALBERT C. SCHULZ, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THEFLOCOMOBILECOMPANY OF AMERICA, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION'OF WESTVIRGINIA.

FOOT-PEDAL.

Laumer.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent-,Qd NOV 141, 1916,

Application filed April 21, 1916. Serial No. 92,735.

To all whom t may concern.' i

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. SCHULZ, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, and State ofConnecticut, have invented an Improvement in Foot-Pedals, of which thefcllowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like characters on the drawings representing likeparts.

This invention relates to foot pedals, and is more especially, thoughnot exclusively, concerned with pedals particularly intended and adaptedfor the control o f the clutch and brake of a motor'car.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawingsshowing one specific embodiment thereof, while its scope. will be moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan of a foot pedal embodying myinvention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3is a sectional view on Referring to the drawings, and to the embodimentof my invention which I have selected for illustration, I have thereshown a foot pedal comprising a foot pad fl, which may be formed of anyappropriate material, preferably of such a nature as to afford asubstantially non-slipping surface for the foot to engage. I prefer toemploy for this purpose rubber or rubber composition, or other materialhaving the desired characteristics, as, for example, cork composition,felt or fiber, which will have a certain degree of flexibility, and willhave a tendency to cling to the sole of the operators shoe, and afford asubstantially nonslipping engagement.

To enhance the non-slipping characteristic of the foot pad, it may beprovided with a plurality of grooves 5, whose natural tendency will beto scrape the mud or moisture from the shoe sole, and further, bypresenting a large number of edges, will tend to prevent accidentalslipping of the shoe sole.

The foot pad 4, as herein shown, is mounted on a plate 6, the latterhaving one or more projections extending in 4a direction transverse tothe plane of said plate, and

serving as a means of connection with the clutch or brake (not shown).In the present. example, such projections are in the form of a pair ofears 7 and 8, adapted to receive between them an arm 9, which may besecured thereto'by a screw 10 passing through the ear 7 and threadedinto the ear 8, theY arm and the screw being indicated in dotted linesin Figs. 2 and 3.

As a means for securing the plate 6 to the pad L1, the latter is hereinprovided with a chamber 11 and a recess 12 in substantially parallelplanes, 'and in said chamber is disposed a plate 18, while the plate Gis disposed in the Vchamber 12 and connected to the plate 13 by suitablefastening means. Such fastening means in the present instance comprisesa plurality of threaded elements 14- secured to the plate 13, andextending therefrom through an intervening portion 15 of the pad 4 toand through the plate 6, and other screw-threaded elements 16, herein apair of nuts cooperating therewith to secure the two plates together,

and thus fasten the'foot pad to the plate '6. The elements 14, as hereinshown, are

provided `with reduced portions 17 passed through the plate 18 andriveted thereto.

It will now be apparent that the plate 13 is embedded in the foot pad insuch a manner as to adord a simple and efficient means for securing thefoot pad to the plate 6, yet without exposing any fastening element orelements upon the upper surface of the foot pad. It must also be evidentthat the plate 6, being disposed in the recess 12, interengages with thepad 1l, since the latter has a depending flange 1S entirely surroundingthe margin of the plate and protecting the edges of the latter fromcontact with the foot and other objects, as well as greatlystrengthening the attachment of the pad to its.. supporting plate. Itwill be understood that with this form of attachment, the lateral thrustis not borne solely by the fastening elements 14, but is distributedaround the flange 18, and hence the fastening elements, since they arenot called upon to take the entire strain, may be made comparativelysmall in size. Should the pad become worn to such an extent as to exposethe plate 13, the pad may be conveniently re moved and replaced by a newone by the removal of the nuts 16.

VVhileI have herein shown and described one specific embodiment of myinvention fer illustrative purposes, and have disclosed and discussed indetail the construction and arrangement incidental to one specificapplication thereof, it is to be understood that the invention islimited neither to the mere details or relative arrangement of parts,nor to its specific embodiment herein shown, but that extensivedeviations from 'the illustrated form or embodiment of the invention maybe made, Without departing from the principles thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

l. A foot pedal comprising, in combination, a foot-pad provided with aninternal chamber and With a recess in substantially parallel planes, aplate disposed inv said chamber, a second plate disposed in said recess,and provided With a part projecting therefrom in a direction transverseto said planes, a plurality of screw-threaded elements secured to thefirst plate and extending therefrom through an intervening portion'ofvsaid foot-pad to and through the ysecond plate, and otherscrew-threaded elements disposed on the outer face of the secend plateand .coperating with the firstV screw-threaded elements to secure thesecoIfd plate to the first plate and to said footpad. 4 Y

2. A foot pedal comprising, in combination, a foot-pad provided with aninternal chamber and with a recess in substantially parallel planes, aplate disposed inv said chamber, a second plate disposed in said recessand provided With fastening means, and other fastening means extendingfrom one of said plates to the other and securing said plates to eachother as Well as to saidfoot- Vpad and interengaging therewith, saidplate being provided with an arm extending in av direction transverse tothe plane of said plate, and fastening means extending from said plateto said element and serving to fasten said plate to said pad.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of tivo subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT C. SCHULZ.

Witnesses:

L. R. ONEILL, G. L. NEFUES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

